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Guest Blogger Zach Fietch: Times Change, but Nations Seldom Do
Zach Fietch is one of the brightest futures brokers I know. He is a great help around Option Pit to me and my option mentoring students as he always has great insights.Tags: options tradingoptions...
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It feels like Déjà vu all over again
That is one of my favorite Yogi Berra quotes (did the guy every have a bad one?). Speaking of bad ones, the VIX over the last 3 sessions has had some substantial intraday volatility that the rest of...
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The Difference between a Trade and a Position
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VIX activity is starting to feel troublesome
More bad news from Europe, since the Greeks cannot get their act together on forming a government. It seems they do not want to beholden to the Germans and French. If they leave the Euro, I think,...
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Rallying to the Bottom
Monday I wrote my “Backwards is no Bueno” post about the unusual action in the VIX futures and how the cash briefly backwardated with the soon to expire VIX May contract. That activity is not very...
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Selling some juice in CIEN
A fairly quiet day today as the market is deciding which way to go as time marches on until June 17th. At some point, we have to look past the Greek Vote and plan for when things start to look a...
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Euro Bust
Stocks made a little run down today on bad UPS earnings and some worries about the weekend vote in Greece. If folks are paying up for SBUX coffee, things cannot be that bad so we will blame the...
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S&P downgrades Russian Debt….now?
The weekend provided little real excitement as the Greek elections turned out worse than expected and no one cared. The leftists are in power but what they are going to realize is they have little...
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IV goes into High Orbit
Stocks ended the week in an ugly fashion with the SPX down about 1.25%. There was enough in the bad sentiment train with Greece, Euro Area deflation, poor GDP and Russia annexing another part of the...
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Fed says maybe not, VIX holds the line
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The Greek Tragedy turns into a Comedy
See what income generation is all about here It looks like the Greek Drama happening overseas ended up being a comedy more than a tragedy. That is good for investors and good for the Greeks. We will...
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Another bite out of AAPL
Sign up for our Boot Camp here. Apparently the Greece deal with the Troika is imminent. That was enough to send VIX lower as it re-finds the 12 handle with the volatility futures hovering and not...
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Will Greece make it happen?
Sign up for our Boot Camp here “Greece’s Creditors Set to Throw Down Gauntlet With Proposal for Bailout Deal” WSJ So this is the final hour and Greece is going to get a take it or leave deal to stay...
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Can a Market be Frightened and Complacent?
The old saying is complacency kills, to which I would say...unless one likes to sell premium. In that case complacency rules. All kidding aside, the market appears to be in an odd spot: On one hand...
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Are Utilities signaling higher rates?
Last chance to sign up for Boot Camp here We have another lackluster session today with no good news coming out of the EU on the Greece subject. For now that is the millstone around the market’s neck...
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Do we get to the 9 handle?
I toss that out there of course and I don’t mean VIX. What I do mean is the ATM volatility for the SPX. With the Greece deal on and off again the one thing that has been consistent over the last two...
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Trade Idea of the Week- TWTR calls
We like TWTR calls follow Mark@optionpitfollow Andrew@optionvol Tags: twtrcallsGreeceoption educationoption tradingBlog Image:
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The market starts to worry
The euphoria of Thursday is now over. The rally we had on concessions from Greece now give way to the fact that the Syriza party is running for its next election realizing it cannot deliver on any...
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AAPL declares earnings and the market adjusts
Sign up for our Time Spread class hereAs I write this Greece defaults on debt to the IMF and sends its citizens into some uncharted waters. The SPY is up .25 from the close so it is a safe bet for now...
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Does the VIX Think Its Priced Greece In?
Looking at the action today the VIX and VIX futures had a decent range, as did the SPX. However, while the SPX threatened its recent lows today, at no point in time did the VIX get close to the...
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